Annie & Elle get caught up about where, exactly, they have been for the last few weeks. The girls recount a hilariously paranoid trip to Buccee’s while high AF, because what’s more Texan than a convenience store that’s larger than some countries? Annie & Elle’s eclipse adventure comes complete with pickup trucks, Yeungling beer, and hill country vistas.

Things get really juicy when Elle tears into Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

Abbott’s greatest hits include fighting against same-sex marriage and defending a ban on sex toys because apparently, personal autonomy is terrifying.

Elle skewers his need for polarizing publicity stunts, likening him to the lovechild of Ron DeSantis and Jigsaw, suggesting he’s got his eyes on a national stage. 

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SHOW NOTES:

https://www.reformaustin.org/elections/cnn-special-tackles-texas-billionaires-controlling-republican-politics/amp/

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/18/greg-abbott-texas-fundraising-governor-donors/

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/27/greg-abbott-tim-dunn-paxton-vouchers-republican-primary-texas/#:~:text=Greg%20Abbott%20spent%20%246.1%20million,to%20subsidize%20private%20school%20funding.

https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-ted-cruz-handed-2022-bum-steer-awards-texas-monthly-1659527

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/05/27/report-finds-hundreds-more-died-in-texas-winter-storm-than-state-says/?sh=a69798b52cc3

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/27/texas-gov-greg-abbotts-school-shooting-response-under-scrutiny/

https://portal.cops.usdoj.gov/resourcecenter/content.ashx/cops-r1141-pub.pdf

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-politicians-far-right-christian-megadonors-rcna55546

https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-signs-second-amendment-legislation-into-law-2021

https://www.reformaustin.org/elections/cnn-special-tackles-texas-billionaires-controlling-republican-politics/amp/

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/18/greg-abbott-texas-fundraising-governor-donors/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/27/texas-gov-greg-abbotts-school-shooting-response-under-scrutiny/

https://portal.cops.usdoj.gov/resourcecenter/content.ashx/cops-r1141-pub.pdf

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-politicians-far-right-christian-megadonors-rcna55546

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/27/greg-abbott-tim-dunn-paxton-vouchers-republican-primary-texas/#:~:text=Greg%20Abbott%20spent%20%246.1%20million,to%20subsidize%20private%20school%20funding.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/abbott-texas-abortion-ban-rape-record-pregnancies-failure/

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/18/texas-heartbeat-bill-abortions-law/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-politicians-far-right-christian-megadonors-rcna55546

https://apnews.com/article/abortion-austin-texas-houston-sexual-assault-00bb74e67ce427a3adbb8f7fe811ff13

https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-signs-second-amendment-legislation-into-law-2021

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2013/01/texas-now-welcoming-new-york-gun-owners.html

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/greg-abbott-to-new-yorkers-keep-your-guns-move-to-texas/273-306447218

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Dunn_(businessman)

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/04/tim-dunn-joe-straus-christian-texas/

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/10/texas-gun-fatalities-laws/

https://www.marfapublicradio.org/2023-11-02/dark-money-nonprofit-with-ties-to-texas-billionaire-works-to-defeat-midland-school-bond

https://giffords.org/analysis/texas-gun-deaths-surged-63-under-greg-abbott/

https://www.transparencyusa.org/tx/contributor/farris-and-joann-wilks?cycle=2015-to-now

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_and_Farris_Wilks

https://www.transparencyusa.org/tx/contributor/dan-and-staci-wilks/?cycle=2015-to-now

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/18/greg-abbott-texas-universities-donors/

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/30/gun-fatalities-texas-youths/